Oprah Winfrey asked Jimmy Fallon for his take on the NBC late-night wars on Friday's 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' (weekdays, syndicated). "I never heard what you had to say about Jay vs. Conan. Where were you in all that?" Winfrey asked. "We had a show to do while all that was going on," Fallon said in a satellite feed from Vancouver. "So I just concentrated on being funny and keeping my head down. I'm just happy to have a job." And how's Conan doing? "Horrible, horrible, he has a beard now," Fallon cracked. "No, really, he's going to figure it all out." We certainly hope so -- O'Brien has the time ... and the money.

'The Dick Cavett Show' has long been a talk show of legend. It not only broke the traditional late night mold of jokey sketches and characters, but it also birthed a long list of interesting and historic television moments from the famous "Woodstock" show to his public support of John Lennon as he faced deportation that scored him a special mention on the Richard Nixon tapes.

The episode has never seen the light of day even though the tape still reportedly exists in the network's vault, but Kathy Starcher of Bridgeport, Conn. sat in the audience for that show and recalled what it was like to watch a TV moment that only a few people have ever seen. Read our interview with Mrs. Starcher after the jump about her fleeting foray into TV history.

Oh these wimpy late night hosts these days. They'll whine about the dumbest things. Contracts schmontracts. But have they ever had a guest DIE on their show?

Dick Cavett stopped by 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' (weeknights, 12:35AM ET on NBC) to talk about the experience. Not only that, but the guy was a health expert! Talk about boring a guy to death. (Hey, Cavett's words – sort of - not ours.)

Guys never really outgrow that, "wanna wrestle?" stage, do they? Even two grown men like Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert, both on their A-game with successful talk shows.

That's why it should come as no surprise when the two used their 30-second elevator ride to wrestle each other to the ground after 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' (weeknights, 12:35AM on NBC). No harm done, right? A little cardio action. All in good fun. Wait ... is this part of the late night wars?

We feel for Jimmy Fallon. Seriously, even a guy as talented as him can go only so far without cue cards. "There's just too many lines to memorize," he says to the accounting guy at NBC. "I'm dyin' out there."

Thank goodness he saw that "Glee Club Sectionals" flyer on the bulletin board! Yeah, that's the ticket! And first prize would bring in just enough money for cue cards! Oh, Jimmy! We bet the 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' (weeknights, 12:35AM ET on NBC) star got the idea from watching 'Glee' (Tues., 9PM ET on Fox). Let's put on a show!

With all this talk about Conan O'Brien getting the boot and Jay Leno getting back The Tonight Show, very few people have spoken about how this will affect Jimmy Fallon. CNN has one of the first articles I've seen about the subject. Fallon himself has remained quiet, which is an excellent idea.

If I may interject my two cents, the correct answer is: not much. Jimmy Fallon is in no better position to inherit The Tonight Show than those Late Night hosts before him. Let's use his two predecessors as an example. David Letterman, who pretty much originated late night television, didn't get the job and switched networks as a result. Conan O'Brien did get it and NBC suffered buyer's remorse.

In short, just about the last person who would inherit The Tonight Show would be the guy hosting Late Night. More likely, the successor will be the person who is Jay's most frequent substitute host. That is, unless Jay gets a robot body like Dick Clark, in which case he'll never leave The Tonight Show.

"It was officially announced today that Conan O'Brien is leaving NBC, and I'm sad for him," Fallon said. "But I'm also really happy for him. I know he'll do great in whatever he does or wherever he goes. He's a really, really funny guy."

Now that the battle over 'The Tonight Show' is officially over, with Jay Leno taking back his old job and Conan O'Brien all but out the door with an eight-figure severance check, it's time to sift through the rubble to see who's come out on top. Surprisingly, the debacle has turned out to be a win for almost everyone involved, with three glaring exceptions.

Today looks like the day the great 'Tonight Show' wars of 2010 will end. NBC is expected to announce today the terms of Conan O'Brien's departure from the network and its plans for Jay Leno to resume his old post at 'The Tonight Show' at its original hour of 11:35PM. Still, a lot of questions remain unanswered. Here's the latest on how we expect it to play out.

While the rest of late-night has been critical of Jay Leno's assumed role in the rejiggering of NBC's after-hours lineup -- Conan O'Brien and David Letterman have been unapologetic for jokes about Leno, and Jimmy Kimmel performed an entire show dressed as Leno -- Jimmy Fallon seems to prefer a middle-of-the-road approach and not take sides.

"It's kind of weird, because these are two of my heroes and two of my friends," Fallon said of O'Brien and Leno, who are both vying for NBC's 11:35PM time slot. "Leno, I was on his show so many times, before I was even at this job. And then, when I got the job, he gave me so much advice, as did Conan ... Conan O'Brien, if he didn't kick ass here for 17 years, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't have a job."

David Letterman was in rare form last night, firing off merciless fusillades of jokes about the late-night woes of his former network NBC and his longtime rival Jay Leno. But Leno could have the last laugh if NBC gets to remake its late-night schedule the way it wants to. And Letterman could be the one who suffers the most from the new arrangement.

With all of the talk coming out of NBC, I was kind of curious to see what the late night competitors had to say about the whole matter. Luckily, Craig Ferguson took some time to poke fun at the chaos and, more importantly, relate it to his show, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

Bill Carter of the New York Times reports that NBC wants to push Leno back by one hour, taking Leno out of prime time and putting him back in late night to save face with their affiliates. Leno's show would also be a half-hour shorter so O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon will each still have an hour long show.